TLDR: Swarm Network, the decentralized multi-agent protocol behind the fact-checking platform Rollup.News, has announced a strategic integration with Walrus, a decentralized data layer built on Sui. This collaboration aims to enhance the scalability and verifiability of AI operations, particularly for real-time social media fact-checking, by providing robust, decentralized storage for critical AI-generated data and evidence.
Palo Alto, CA – July 15, 2025 – Swarm Network, the innovative decentralized multi-agent protocol powering Rollup.News, has officially integrated Walrus, a decentralized data layer operating on the Sui blockchain. This pivotal partnership is set to significantly advance the capabilities of verifiable artificial intelligence at scale, particularly for Swarm’s real-time social media fact-checking initiatives.
Rollup.News functions as a decentralized assistant for social media, leveraging AI agents to perform real-time fact-checking. These agents generate on-chain records of claims, their sources, and relevant context, fostering a new standard for trust and transparency in digital information. As the volume and complexity of this verification data continue to expand, Swarm Network identified a critical need for a scalable, decentralized solution capable of managing media-heavy and context-rich records persistently.
Walrus steps in to provide the essential infrastructure for storing and retrieving this crucial data on-chain. This is facilitated through Tusky, a user-friendly file management layer built atop Walrus, which ensures end-to-end encryption and full user key control. Initially, Swarm is utilizing Walrus to store claims data, with plans to expand storage to include agent communication logs, evidence, and reasoning artifacts. This foundational work is crucial for establishing a more transparent and audit-ready AI ecosystem.
Key data types slated for storage on Walrus include rollup summaries, media files, knowledge graphs, agent logs, and attestation records. These assets will be organized across hot, warm, and cold storage tiers, optimizing performance while guaranteeing verifiability and permanence. Furthermore, Swarm is extending its Truth Protocol to index this data using smart contracts, enabling AI agents to reference past reasoning and context in future verification processes.
Rebecca Simmonds, Managing Executive at Walrus Foundation, commented on the collaboration, stating, “Swarm is building one of the most forward-looking applications in decentralized AI. They are not just generating insights, they are building a new standard for trust and transparency. As Swarm Network continues its rapid growth, Walrus ensures that every piece of evidence and context is preserved, programmable, and accessible.”
Yannick Myson, CEO of Swarm Network, emphasized the necessity of this integration: “Verifiable AI demands more than just smart algorithms. It needs memory, context, and proof. As we build an open, audit-ready knowledge graph that connects agent outputs, claims histories, and media artifacts across Swarm’s AI and human contributors, we identified a glaring need surrounding storage capabilities. With Walrus, we are turning ephemeral agent work into persistent, on-chain knowledge that anyone can audit and build on.”
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This integration with Walrus follows similar technical adoptions by other prominent decentralized storage platforms, including OpenGradient and io.net, underscoring Walrus’s growing commitment to serving AI builders and its expanding role in enabling secure, scalable infrastructure for next-generation AI applications.
